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Silver Comet Rail Trail Mountain Bike Trail
Smyrna, Georgia
MTB TRAIL STATS
Avg Rating:   |
10 trail reviews |
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Status: updated 3/1/10 by GoldenGoose |
Difficulty:  Easiest |
| Length: 60 miles | Global Rank: #1835 |
| Tread: Greenway | Configuration: Out & Back |
| Ridden: 79 | Wishlist: 20 |
| Avg. Speed: 12.95 mph | Avg. Time: 2hr 26min |
| Elevation Gain/Loss: +1,528/-1,845 ft |
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Description: Beginning of trail starts out easy, but gradually begins to incline. Trail starts in Smyrna, GA and ends near the GA/AL border. Wooded, paved trail. Can get crowded at times, particularly on Saturday mornings. Several bridges to cross, one which is over the highway...don't look down. Another bridge crosses a river. Very nice trail. You will enjoy it.
added in 2003 by guest
Description: Beginning of trail starts out easy, but gradually begins to incline. Trail starts in Smyrna, GA and ends near the GA/AL border. Wooded, paved trail. Can get crowded at times, particularly on Saturday mornings. Several bridges to cross, one which is over the highway...don't look down. Another bridge crosses a river. Very nice trail. You will enjoy it.
added in 2003 by guest 
TRAIL REVIEWS review this trail
reviewed by GoldenGoose on March 1, 2010
Smooth paved trail that runs all the way into Alabama. Get the road bike out unless you only plan to use this one to access the Silver Comet Side trails which are singletrack.
Similar Trail: Big Creek Greenway.
reviewed by kingjohn08 on March 3, 2009
Although the silver comet is paved there are many short i guess you could say single track trails that spin off of it just walk to the end of them before you ride them you might end up in a almost happened to me.lol. The spin of trails a very diverse some are covered in gravel, some in roots, some are just dirt, some are steep some are flat. very diverse you just have to find them.
reviewed by Giant_Boulder on February 10, 2009
Good beginner trail to get some good miles under your belt. Traveling west there seems to be a slight incline, especially from Cedartown to Alabama.
reviewed by mscaldas on October 10, 2006
On my computer, it marked 67 mi. long from Alabama all the way to Mark 0.0 on Mavel Rd. It was quite an experience... A friend drove the three of Us all the way to Esom Hill Trail head, where we went .3 mile to the Alabama border and off we went our merry way to Atlanta... I can't say we didn't had fun, but at places we really wanted to give up! But once we got to the end, boy, was it worth IT!!!
reviewed by ATLChris on August 14, 2006
While some of this track is flat and paved, it is a excilent trail. It runs from Smyrna, GA all the way to Alabama. it is 63 miles long. Along the way you will see some beautiful sights. Many bridge crossings. At one point, the trail goes through a huge tunnel under a mountain. There are plenty of single tracks and loops along the sides of the trail. BEWARE: This trail is for walking a running too, so watch out for children. The trail is great for just riding long distances. Enjoy the ride, it is very peaceful and beautiful.
reviewed by mscaldas on August 4, 2006
Love using this trail with the family. We have a 2-year-old daugther that loves to put on her helmet and sit on her baby-chair on the back of the bike to enjoy the Ride. It's a good thing to have all those stores along the way, so we can get her some ice-cream in this crazy hot summer!!! Planning on doing the whole 9 yards (more like 60 mi. :-) late in Sept. So far we've done just few miles from mark 0.
Similar Trail: Big Creek Greenway in Alpharetta (Not Big Creek in Roswell)
reviewed by Hyper on June 6, 2006
This is a great trail to see what you are really made of. Make sure that you get there as easly as possible in order to avoid suffering a heat stroke. Bring pleanty of water, and make sure that you have a friend that could come and pick you up in Alabama if you don't have enough energy to go back.
reviewed by Rebus on March 20, 2006
We slapped some city slicks on our mountain bikes and started at the Nickajack School trailhead. The path is very smooth and flat, but it is very crowded at nearly all times. We rode 20 miles out to the Dallas trailhead in Paulding County, and it was a nice quick paced ride that gave us an awesome workout. Once you get about 5 miles away from Smyrna, the crowd thins considerably and you can work on your pace and spin. There are a lot of little shops now along the path that cater directly to trail users. In Paulding County you have a real sense of isolation as the trail is lined on both sides with thick forest at times. There's a lot of new development along the trail too, so you get to smell cut timber and new landscaping. The scenery all along the path is very nice and pleasant. This is an awesome trail to get some safe road-work in. I'm calling this an epic, because we did 40 miles total, which is epic in my book.
Similar Trail: I-20?
